  {"id":94861,"date":"2019-04-18T10:22:12","date_gmt":"2019-04-18T20:22:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=94861"},"modified":"2019-04-18T10:22:12","modified_gmt":"2019-04-18T20:22:12","slug":"nobel-prize-winner-sees-uh-at-forefront-of-physics-astronomy-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2019\/04\/18\/nobel-prize-winner-sees-uh-at-forefront-of-physics-astronomy-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Nobel Prize winner sees <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> at forefront of physics, astronomy future"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><figure id=\"attachment_94867\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-94867\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/manoa-mcconald-learned.jpg\" alt=\"two men standing next to each other\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-94867\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/manoa-mcconald-learned.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/manoa-mcconald-learned-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/manoa-mcconald-learned-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-94867\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">From left, John Learned and Arthur B. McDonald<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/\">University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Âé¶¹´«Ã½<\/span> at M&#257;noa<\/a> has attracted top scientists in a variety of fields. Nobel Prize winning physicist and affiliate graduate faculty member of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.phys.hawaii.edu\/\">physics and astronomy department<\/a> <strong>Arthur B. McDonald<\/strong> has in recent years collaborated with colleagues and students on campus. He said he sees the work done with the faculty at <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa leads the world on a number of fronts.<\/p>\n<p>The professor emeritus of Queen\u2019s University, Canada won the Nobel Prize in physics in 2015 along with University of Tokyo professor Takaaki Kajita for their key experiments of subatomic particles known as neutrinos.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Related <em><abbr>UH<\/abbr> News<\/em> story<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2015\/10\/13\/uh-affiliate-professor-arthur-mcdonald-wins-2015-nobel-prize-in-physics\/\"><abbr>UH<\/abbr> Affiliate Professor Arthur McDonald wins 2015 Nobel Prize in Physics<\/a>, October 13, 2015<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_94865\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-94865\" style=\"width: 214px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/manoa-mcconald-a-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"Arthur B. McDonald headshot\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-94865\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/manoa-mcconald-a-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/manoa-mcconald-a-93x130.jpg 93w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/manoa-mcconald-a.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-94865\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Arthur B. McDonald<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>McDonald has spent several months a year since 2010 as an affiliate graduate faculty at <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa collaborating with colleagues on research projects. He is currently working with <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa Associate Professor <strong>Jelena Maricic<\/strong> on a next generation experiment to detect dark matter particles.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;When you look at the sky on a dark and starry night, there is five times as much mass in between the stars as there is in the stars themselves,&rdquo; McDonald said. &ldquo;The objective (of the upcoming experiment) is to attempt to observe legitimately a new form of matter that hasn\u2019t been observed before.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It is a great pleasure collaborating with Professor McDonald as his experience and wisdom leads to very fruitful exchange of ideas and new creative outcomes,&rdquo; Marcic said. &ldquo;We discuss the variety of topics from calibration, to background control and development of new sensors to improve sensitivity and science reach of the DarkSide-20k which is the next phase of our joint project.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>McDonald and Maricic will be conducting the experiments in labs deep underground in Italy and Canada in order to help filter out other cosmic radiation. <\/p>\n<p><abbr>UH<\/abbr> colleagues say his presence on campus has led to important interactions and raising the university\u2019s profile.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Particularly as a Nobel Laureate from Canada, he has very high visibility and his influence is quite strong in Canada, the <abbr title=\"United States\">U.S.<\/abbr> and on the international scale,&rdquo; <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa Physics Professor <strong>John Learned<\/strong> said. &ldquo;In residence here he works closely with us on various physics endeavors, and interacts with our graduate students on the technical and personal level. His presence raises the intellectual level of the department, university and even state. A great example was after a dinner this year that included a local technical business person, Art helped advance a new program with possible great long-term consequence for <span aria-label=\"Hawaii,\">Âé¶¹´«Ã½,<\/span> and potentially all of humanity.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>McDonald pointed to a number of experiments and projects from the Department of Physics and Astronomy that are pushing at the cutting edge of research.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>ANITA&#8212;Professor <strong>Peter Gorham<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Super-Kamiokande detector in Japan that involved <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Professor Learned<\/li>\n<li>New discoveries through the <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Institute of Astronomy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&ldquo;I think <abbr>UH<\/abbr> has a very enviable situation in this particular field that I\u2019m involved in of particle astrophysics (doing physics and astronomy using particles),&rdquo; McDonald said.<br \/>\n&ldquo;The University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Âé¶¹´«Ã½<\/span> has managed to recruit some world leaders of various fields.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>McDonald believes these top leaders in the fields of physics and astronomy will continue to make significant contributions in the future.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;<abbr>UH<\/abbr> is going to continue to pursue topics that are at the frontier of this field and very major questions. Trying to understand our universe as a whole we\u2019ve made tremendous progress in the last 20 years or so. The potential breakthroughs in the next 20 years are even more substantial,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nobel Laureate Arthur B. 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